Stoned and shot: young lovers who ‘admitted’ adultery took hours to die

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Two lovers have been stoned to death in Afghanistan in an execution overseen
by the Taleban that lasted more than an hour, elders and officials said
yesterday.

The couple were allegedly tried by Taleban militants for adultery and were
executed on Sunday with the help of more than 120 villagers in a field in
the northern Kunduz province. The man, 28, was bludgeoned to death with
rocks but the 23-year-old woman was eventually shot, witnesses told The
Times.

Said Mohammed Ayub, the governor of Imam Sahib district, has confirmed the
killings.